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Ian Murray

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To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether staff (a) in positions
related to his Department in overseas missions have been made redundant and (b) in
his Department have been (i) offered, (ii) taken and (iii) refused reduced salaries
in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

<p>In the past 12 months the Department for International Trade (DIT) has undertaken
restructuring in overseas missions to generate efficiencies, and ensure we have the
requisite capacity and capability to deliver our departmental objectives across the
global network. This restructuring activity has, in some locations, included redundancies.</p><p>There
are a range of circumstances where staff in DIT would be offered a reduced salary.
A reduction in salary may result when staff members reduce their hours of work, accept
a role at a lower grade or move from a role where London pay ranges apply to one where
National pay ranges apply.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the budget was for the
Government's Trade Commissioners in each of the last two years, what the actual spend
was in each of those years; what the budget is for the 2018-19 financial year; and
how much has been spent in the 2018-19 financial year to date.

<p>The Department delegated budgets to Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioners (HMTCs) for
the first time in 2018-19. There are 9 HMTCs across 9 overseas regions. The budgets
include the costs of locally engaged staff, non-pay related expenditure and devolved
marketing expenditure in each of the regions. The total budget delegated at the beginning
of the 2018 financial year was £59.2m and spend at the end of October 2018 was £29.8m.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14
November 2018 to Question 189652 on Department for International Trade: Staff, how
many of his Department's staff were employed in (a) non-EU countries, (b) EU countries,
(c) Greece and (d) Italy in each of the last three years.

<p>The number of employees of the Department for International Trade in each of the
last three years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>31 October 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 October
2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 October 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a)
Non-EU Countries</p></td><td><p>952</p></td><td><p>1,106</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b)
EU Countries</p></td><td><p>1,236</p></td><td><p>1,881</p></td><td><p>2,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c)
Greece</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d)
Italy</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The table above includes all DIT employees who are paid via DIT payroll, UKEF
employees paid via the UKEF payroll and staff who are working overseas and paid via
the FCO payroll and then recharged to DIT at each of the reference dates.</p><p> </p><p>The
number of employees included in the totals for EU Countries includes those based in
the UK, Greece and Italy.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of
the level of (a) direct and (b) indirect subsidy provided by the Defence and Security
Organisation to the arms industry in each of the last three years; and if he will
make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is
taking to ensure that trade negotiations include low and middle-income countries in
Africa when the UK leaves the EU.

<p>We are considering our future trading relationships with a broad range of partners
as we prepare to leave the EU. The UK remains committed to ensuring developing countries
can reduce poverty through enhanced trading opportunities. The Government’s priority
is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements, including with developing countries.
We will seek to transition existing Economic Partnership Agreements with African,
and also Pacific and Caribbean, countries and regions. We will establish a unilateral
trade preference scheme which will, as a minimum, provide the same level of access
to around 70 developing countries as the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences.</p>